Photos: It's 2015 in AustraliaCentre Daily TimesAfter a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe ... In New Zealand, a giant clock ...

Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLCs Painful Portrait of MormonismDaily BeastMore evidence: for over a decade, The Human Rights Campaign has kept tabs on “corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees” with its Corporate Equality Index. The 2015 edition, released in late November ...

Beach parties, fireworks: World rings in new yearYourWestValley.comAfter a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe, revelers looking for a respite ...

Ushering in New Year with a 100-year-old traditionDaily ExpressPENAMPANG: While other revellers were dipping into the sea, shooting fireworks, lighting flying lanterns and karaoke/beer, a group calling themselves "DDJS" continued a more than 100-year-old tradition of ringing the St. Michael's Church bell towers ...

Trowbridge seals its place in historyWiltshire TimesPREPARATIONS for Trowbridge's celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta are coming together, ahead of the first major event at the Civic Centre in April. Trowbridge was the headquarters of Baron Henry de Bohun, one of 25 ...

Beach parties, fireworks: World rings in new yearPhilly.comAt midnight, temple bells will strike 108 times, the number of evils, or temptations, as defined by Buddhism. There will be fireworks and bonfires around the nation as millions of people flock to neighborhood temples and shrines to pray for health and ...

Ufton Nervet St Peter's church bells ring after 15 yearsBBC NewsThe bells of a redundant Victorian church in Berkshire are to peal again for the first time in exactly 15 years. The bells of the former Church of St Peter's in Ufton Nervet, near Reading, were last rung at 12:00 GMT on 1 January 2000, to mark the ...

It's a right old ding dong for Margaret MBEThis Is WiltshireA QUARTER peal of bells rang out across Old Town on New Year's Eve in honour of Margaret Williams MBE. Simon Stevenette, the church's ... At 9.30am, the tones could be heard ringing from the church she has served in for 40 years. Margaret, a retired ...

MBE recipient Margaret Williams led way for women in ChurchThis Is Wiltshire... 80-years-old, but she's 83 and full of beans. “Margaret is a very humble, joyful person. She says 'why me?' – she has got no idea just how much we all think of her.” There will be a special quarter peal of bells in Margaret's honour at Christ ...

Photo: The Canadian PressCastanet.netThursday's break in weather — blue skies and calm seas despite earlier storm predictions — could greatly speed up recovery efforts that have been severely hampered since the first bodies were spotted on Tuesday. Vice Air Marshal .... It wasn't ...

New Year's Day traditions from around the world in RichmondRichmond.comNew Year's isn't all shimmering balls dropping from tall towers and collards with black-eyed peas. Richmond residents with roots from around the world have brought ... “At midnight, they usually ring bells ... banging on something like a tin can,” she ...

21 weird things dropping on New Year's EveUSA TODAYHere's a look at the unique way many states are ringing in the New Year in 2015. Brasstown, N.C. : For 20 years a live possum ... A 250-pound cluster of giant grapes will be dropped from the Temecula City Hall Bell Tower. It has more than 4,500 LED lights.

Looking back at 2014's top storiesValley NewsThe "Sidewalk CPR Event" was attended by two different fire agencies as well as officials from Inland Valley Medical Center who helped students practice proper compression techniques on dummies, according to CPR club parent Dawnelle Anderson. Anderson ...

Ding dong fury! Neighbour silences chimes of the village clockExpress.co.ukThe bell, which is more than 100 years old, rings out every 15 minutes. But the parish council could face costly legal action if it continues to sound between 11pm and 7am. It is believed the complainant moved to the area in September and instantly ...

Bell Tower team close to funding dreamEvesham ObserverA MAJOR fund-raising appeal which aims to secure the future of one of Evesham's biggest landmarks is significantly close to reaching its £500,000 target. The Bell Tower appeal, which was launched in the summer of last year, is just around £30,000 away ...

Views sought on homes cashEvesham ObserverEvesham's historic Almonry is in line for a cash boost of £150,000 should its application be rubber stamped while the Bell Tower Appeal is in line for £50,000. A further £5,000 is ear-marked for the No Limits Crown Meadow Play Area project to get ...

What Britain listens to at midnight on New Year's EvePRIFor many people in Britain, there is one sound that signals the start of the new year: The chimes of the clock tower in Parliament Square in London, better known as Big Ben — although technically that name only refers to the bell itself. For more than ...

New Year's traditions from the CityNews and 680News newsroomsCityNews“In my mother's village in Mantoudi, Greece, the church bell would ring at 6 am to ring in the new year. As a young girl, my mom would head to river with countless others from the village, with a round rock and a pitcher to fill with water. She put the ...

East Spencer Community Center Destroyed In FireTWC NewsAccess to our video is always free for Time Warner Cable video customers who login with their TWC ID. ... Crews hosed down hotspots throughout the night setting up a command center at a nearby church. ..... Photo taken February 14, 2014 by Gary Bell.

Taylor Swift Helps Tie Record Streak for Women Atop Hot 100BillboardHozier's "Take Me to Church" falls to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at its No. 2 high, but with gains in sales and airplay. It likewise descends 2-3 on Digital Songs despite a 65 percent surge to 402,000 sold. On Radio Songs, "Church" holds at No.

Real chance BP and Shell will mergeRoyal Dutch Shell plc .comI revealed that ESDV leak-off tests were purposely falsified, not once but many times and that Brent Bravo platform management had admitted responsibility for the dangerous practices being followed. In response to my team ringing alarm bells...

World rings in new year with beach parties, prayer, fireworksLA Daily NewsAfter a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe ... In New Zealand, a giant clock ...

It's 2015 all over the worldBelleville News DemocratAfter a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe, revelers looking for a ... In the ...

The world gets ready to ring in 2015Macleans.caAfter a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year. Across the globe ... In New Zealand, a giant clock ...

Where to ring in 2015 in Eagle CountyVail Daily NewsStaying up to socialize is a tradition that goes back to Vail's very start. Back in the late '60s, Vail Village ... after the club closed at 2 a.m.”. It looks like the church-club combo went out of style along with bell bottoms, but Vail's lively ...

Dustin Diamond aka "Screech" appears in court againWDJTMedical teams at Aurora St. Luke's ER are ringing in the New Year with the trifecta--- drunks, freezing temps, and a ton of flu cases. He says their case volume is already .... Port Washington - Dustin Diamond, known for playing Screech in the 90's ...

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